Question

I am using NuSOAP to try to consume a Web Service built in Java. I have this code so far:

<?php require_once('lib/nusoap.php');  $wsdl='http://localhost:8080/HelloWorldWS/sayHiService?WSDL'; $client=new nusoap_client($wsdl, 'wsdl'); $param='John';#array('name'=>'John');  echo $client->call('Hey', $param); unset($client); ?> 

but when the web page gets loaded I get a blank page nothing not even in the code and I really don’t know why. Am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

although NuSOAP is a very common PHP SOAP library, it’s main use in PHP4 applications I think. because PHP5 has a built-in SOAP extension that is faster (because it is a compiled extension). I also recommend using Zend Framework SOAP library. but I remember I wanted to use some web service (not written by me, implemented in Java) and none of these SOAP clients worked, but the NuSOAP. and I really could not figure out why.

anyway, here is the thing that I did to use that web service back then:

$soapClient = new nusoap_client($wsdlFile, 'wsdl', '', '', '', ''); $soapClient->soap_defencoding = 'UTF-8'; $soapClient->debug_flag = false; $soapError = $soapClient->getError(); if (! empty($soapError)) {     $errorMessage = 'Nusoap object creation failed: ' . $soapError;     throw new Exception($errorMessage); } // calling verifyT method, using 2 parameters. $tResult = $soapClient->call( 'verifyT', array($param1, $param2) ); $soapError = $soapClient->getError(); if (! empty($soapError)) {     $errorMessage = 'SOAP method invocation (verifyT) failed: ' . $soapError;     throw new Exception($errorMessage); } if ($soapClient->fault) {     $fault = '{$soapClient->faultcode}: {$soapClient->faultdetail} ';     // handle fault situation }